Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-30
ACTION POSTPONED.
APPROPRIATION FOR TIE CORNER
STONE LAYING Hor vorID on.
Small Attendance Of Members Of the Con-
mittee- -Lss-Csmp Committee
Present,


room. Present : Mesrs. Pizzini Chair
mani, Kaufman, Hargroye, and Muir
ply. Absentees: Messrs. Noble,
Starke, and Owen.
Hon. J. Taylor Ellyson, General
John r. Cooke, Captain r. e. Blank
enship, John ). Ellett, Esq, and Ser
geant- Major Redford were present TO
represent Lee Camp in It's application
for an appropriation for the laying of
the cornerstone OF the Lee monument.
WHAT THEY WANT.
Mr.. Ellyson said that be and his asBoci-
ates were present by appointmentof Lee
Camp to ask the committee to recon-
mend TO the Council an appropriation
of Sl5, ZOO to enable the camp to mike
the occasion worthy OF General Leeand
creditable to the city. TWAS proposed
to make this the most memorable event
in our municipal history. Twenty
thousand dollars would be needed, and
of this amount it was expected to raise
five thousand by private subscription
and to ask the Council for fifteen thou
sand. He believed the appropriation
would meet with universal approval.
Lee Camp did not seek the honor
of arranging for the ceremonies
incident to the laying of the
cornerstone, bat inasmuch as it had
accepted this assignment to duty, the
camp was anxious to make it an event
of which every citizen of the Common
wealth would he proud. The military
and civic parade, the decorations, and
the pyrotechnic display reall to be
of such magnitude as had never before
been witnessed in the South. The peo-
pie of Richmond had signfied their
willingness to heartily cooperate in all
the plans of the camp, and I only re-
mained for the Council to make the
appropriation TO insure their complete
success. 1t was expected, Of course,
that the Council would appoint com
mittee, under whose direction, in con-
nection with the Executive Committee,
this fund would be disbursed.
A GOOD INVESTMENT.
Captain r. Z. Blankenship stated
that he believed that this appropriation
would he one Of the best Investments
the city could make. Thousands of
people would be attracted TO the city,
and for every dollar spent ten would be
returned. He believed that our people
were deeply interested in making this
an event worthy to be remembered, and
if the appropriation could be obtained
il would be made so.
REPRESENTATION BIZ VOTES.
General John r. Cooke called the
attention of the committee TO the fact
that Lee Camp represented about one
tenth Sf all the voters in the city, and
that he believed no more popular ap
preparation could be made.
ANXIOUS TO DO HONOR.
John s. Elicit, Esq, president of the
State Bank, declared that he had never
known an occasion which the people
seemed so anxious to make worthy Of
the man it was to honor. He felt con-
fdent that the businessmen of the
community would cordially approve the
appropriation of Sl5, 600.
NO POLITICS.
Mr.. Murphy asked if there would be
any distinction on account of politics.
To this Captain Blankenship said most
emphatically no; that party distinc-
tions would, under no circumstances,
be considered, and that Generals Ma
hone and Longstreet would be as hear
tily welcomed as any other Confederate
officers.
NOT IN FAVOR OF BANQUETS.
Mr.. Kaufman said he was in favor OF
spending the city's money for decora-
tions and fireworks, but not for ban
quets.
Mr.. Ellyson and other members
assured the committee that not a dollar
of the money would be spent in any
such way.
ACTION POSTPONED.
The committee from the Camp then
retired, after which the matter was dis
cussed freely by the councilmen. The
subject was finally postponed until Fri
day night, however, because so few
members of the committee were pres
ent.
INVITATION AND RECEPTION.
The Committee on Invitation and
Reception met last night in Murrhy's
Hotel. Captain Bohannon said that
the list Of those to whom invitations
were to be sent was only partially COM
pleted. The invitations could not be
gotten from the ithographer's for two
weeks, but the invitation list would be
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